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Dr. R. Scott Gornto

About

R. Scott Gornto, Ph.D., M.Div., LMFT, EMDR, holds a Ph.D. in Psychotherapy, Psychology, and Marriage and Family Therapy and is a trained psychotherapist, counselor, and peak performance coach. He is a Licensed Psychotherapist (Individual, Marriage, and Family in Texas and Arizona), an EMDR Trained Trauma Therapist, and has extensive training in the behavioral sciences and personal development. Dr. Gornto is in private practice and has been practicing in North Texas since 1999. He works with individuals, couples, adolescents (12 years old and up), families, groups, entrepreneurs or leaders, and businesses from Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Prosper, Dallas, and the surrounding areas. Dr. Gornto is the author of The Stories We Tell Ourselves and is a columnist for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today.

Books by Dr. R. Scott Gornto
Recent Posts
The Power of the Positive Brain
When you constantly remind yourself how you’ve repeatedly swung and missed, you’re setting yourself up to keep making the same mistakes.
Why People Have Affairs

Affairs can thrill, but still not deliver what the cheater needs.

Affairs can thrill, but still not deliver what the cheater needs.

Do Your Expectations Get In the Way Of Your Happiness?

With every job you’ve ever taken, have you noticed a stark difference between what you initially thought the job was going to be like and what it actually turned out to be like six months later?

With every job you’ve ever taken, have you noticed a stark difference between what you initially thought the job was going to be like and what it actually turned out to be like six months later?

Do You Suffer From Mental Myopia?

When our mental myopia minimizes another human being to just one characteristic (typically negative), we aren’t granting them the same value, dignity, and worth we would want granted to ourselves in the same situation.

When our mental myopia minimizes another human being to just one characteristic (typically negative), we aren’t granting them the same value, dignity, and worth we would want granted to ourselves in the same situation.